The 2014 Reading List Thread - December! Last month!
Torchsong
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Last Month! Home stretch guys!!!! Woot!
Links to Previous Reading List Threads:
January - http://thecomicforums.com/discussion/2596/the-2014-reading-list-thread-january#latest
February - http://thecomicforums.com/discussion/2662/the-2014-reading-list-thread-february#latest
March - http://thecomicforums.com/discussion/2723/the-2014-reading-list-thread-march#latest
April - http://thecomicforums.com/discussion/2774/the-2014-reading-list-thread-april#latest
May - http://thecomicforums.com/discussion/2839/the-2014-reading-list-thread-may#latest
June - http://thecomicforums.com/discussion/2899/the-2014-reading-list-thread-june#latest
July - http://thecomicforums.com/discussion/2945/the-2014-reading-list-thread-july#latest
August - http://thecomicforums.com/discussion/3006/the-2014-reading-list-thread-august#latest
September - http://thecomicforums.com/discussion/3049/the-2014-reading-list-thread-september#latest
October - http://thecomicforums.com/discussion/3090/the-2014-reading-list-thread-october#latest
November - http://thecomicforums.com/discussion/3136/the-2014-reading-list-thread-november#latest
No rules - just log what you've read and pick a few favorites from each month! Next month (or actually January) we can have a fun recap thread to talk about what was some of the best of the best!
Links to Previous Reading List Threads:
January - http://thecomicforums.com/discussion/2596/the-2014-reading-list-thread-january#latest
February - http://thecomicforums.com/discussion/2662/the-2014-reading-list-thread-february#latest
March - http://thecomicforums.com/discussion/2723/the-2014-reading-list-thread-march#latest
April - http://thecomicforums.com/discussion/2774/the-2014-reading-list-thread-april#latest
May - http://thecomicforums.com/discussion/2839/the-2014-reading-list-thread-may#latest
June - http://thecomicforums.com/discussion/2899/the-2014-reading-list-thread-june#latest
July - http://thecomicforums.com/discussion/2945/the-2014-reading-list-thread-july#latest
August - http://thecomicforums.com/discussion/3006/the-2014-reading-list-thread-august#latest
September - http://thecomicforums.com/discussion/3049/the-2014-reading-list-thread-september#latest
October - http://thecomicforums.com/discussion/3090/the-2014-reading-list-thread-october#latest
November - http://thecomicforums.com/discussion/3136/the-2014-reading-list-thread-november#latest
No rules - just log what you've read and pick a few favorites from each month! Next month (or actually January) we can have a fun recap thread to talk about what was some of the best of the best!
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February Winner: Will Eisner's The Spirit: Femme Fatales TPB (DC)
March Winner: Locke & Key: Alpha & Omega (IDW)
April Winner: Cannon (Fantagraphics)
May Winner: Nelvana of the Northern Lights (Kickstarter)
June Winner: Android Angels (Gen Manga)
July Winner: Death Sentence HC (Titan)
August Winner: TIE! - Rat Queens Vol. 1 : Sass & Sorcery (Image) / Good Dog (Fantagraphics)
September Winner: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Century HC (Top Shelf)
October Winner: The Curse of Ragdoll Vol. 1 (Kickstarter)
November Winner: The Complete Elfquest Vol. 1
December Books:
Roy Thomas: Collected Sheena, Vol. 1 (PS Artbooks)
Satoshi Kon's Opus (Dark Horse)
Royal Blood (Titan)
Teen Titans : Earth One (DC)
Justice League: The Villain's Journey HC (DC) (New52)
Justice League: Throne of Atlantis HC (DC) (New52)
Ayako (Vertical)
Spider-Man: Masques (Marvel)
Swamp Thing Vol. 5: The Killing Field (DC - New 52)
December...
January Winner: Wonder Woman #1-24 (digital)
February Winner: Hawkeye #1-11 (digital)
March Winner: Breath of Bones: A Tale of the Golem
April Winner: Boxers & Saints
May Winner: Amazing Spider-Man #1
June Winner: Miles Morales: The Ultimate Spider-Man #1
July Winner: The Guns of Shadow Valley
August Winner: Grayson #1
September Winner: Little Nemo: Return to Slumberland #1
October Winner: Southern Bastards #1-3
November Winner: Jim Henson's The Musical Monsters of Turkey Hollow HC
December Winner:
December List:
Single Issues/Digital:
Batman #36
The Multiversity: Pax Americana #1
Capture Creatures #1
Samurai Jack #14
Southern Bastards #4
Batman #36
Silver Surfer #7
Rocket Raccoon #5
Guardians 3000 #2-3
Spider-Man & the X-Men #1
Spider-Man 2099 #6
Spider-Verse #1
Dardevil #10
Miles Morales: The Ultimate Spider-Man #7
Captain Marvel #1 (digital)
Seekers of the Weird #1
Batman #1 (Futures End)
Grayson #1 (Futures End)
Grayson #4
Batgirl #36
Gotham Academy #2
Birthright #2
Guardians of the Galaxy #0.1 - 13 (digital)
All-New X-Men #22.NOW - #24 (digital)
Little Nemo: Return to Slumberland #3
Grayson #5
Birthright #3
Capture Creatures #2
Ragnarok #3
Samurai Jack #15
Batman #37
The Amazing Spider-Man #11
Daredevil #11
Miles Morales: The Ultimate Spider-Man #8
Rocket Raccoon #6
The Multiversity: New Thunderworld Adventures #1
Batgirl #37
Collected HC/TPB/Digital
Doctor Strange: The Oath (digital)
Nnewts
6 days left. Get to reading!
Anyway, I looked at my previous lists from 2014 and combined them all together to get a full picture of what I read in the past year. I read a total of 566 books and 44 collections/graphic novels. If I add the few prose works I've read, I'm over 600 books for the year! Here is my final collected list.
January Winner: Wonder Woman #1-24 (digital)
February Winner: Hawkeye #1-11 (digital)
March Winner: Breath of Bones: A Tale of the Golem
April Winner: Boxers & Saints
May Winner: Amazing Spider-Man #1
June Winner: Miles Morales: The Ultimate Spider-Man #1
July Winner: The Guns of Shadow Valley
August Winner: Grayson #1
September Winner: Little Nemo: Return to Slumberland #1
October Winner: Southern Bastards #1-3
November Winner: Jim Henson's The Musical Monsters of Turkey Hollow HC
December Winner: Daredevil #11
2014 Complete Comic Book/Graphic Novel Reading List
Single Issues/Digital (565 total books read):
Alex + Ada #1 (digital)
All New Ultimates #1 – 4
All-New X-Men #6 – 15, 22 – 24 (digital)
Amazing Spider-Man #1 – 11, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
Amelia Cole #13 – 14 (digital)
Anti Hero #1 (digital)
Archer and Armstrong #0 (digital)
Atomic Robo: Two-Fisted Tales – Along Came A Tyrantula (digital)
Avengers #7-17 (digital)
Batgirl #35 – 36
Batman ’66 #23 – 33 (digital)
Batman #1 (Futures End)
Batman #23, 27 – 37
Birthright #1 – 2
Black Science #1 (digital)
Black Widow #1
C.O.W.L. #1-2 (digital)
Captain America #6 – 16, 18 – 21 (digital)
Captain Marvel #1 (digital)
Capture Creatures #1 – 2
Cataclysm: The Ultimates’ Last Stand #3
Daredevil #35 – 36
Daredevil #1 – 11, 1.5
Daredevil: Road Warrior Infinite Comic #1 – 4 (digital)
Deadpool: The Gauntlet Infinite Comic #1 (digital)
Death: The Time of Your Life #1 – 3 (digital)
Detective Comics #27 – Special Edition
Fatale #1 – 24 (digital)
Fear Itself #1 – 6 (digital)
FF (vol. 2) #3 (digital)
Figment #1
Gotham Academy #1-2
Gravel: Combat Magician #1 (digital)
Grayson #1 – 5
Grayson #1 (Futures End)
Guardians 3000 #1-3
Guardians of the Galaxy #0.1 - 13 (digital)
Hawkeye #1-11 (digital)
Hinterkind #1 (digital)
I.M.A.G.I.N.E Agents #1-4 (digital)
Infinity #1 – 6
Infinity: Against the Tide Infinite Comic (digital)
Inhuman #1-2
Iron Fist #1
Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth #1 (digital)
Lazarus #1 – 11 (digital)
Letter 44 #1 (digital)
Little Nemo: Return to Slumberland #1 – 3
Locke & Key: Alpha #1 – 2 (digital)
Locke & Key: Omega #1 – 5 (digital)
Lumberjanes #1 (digital)
Magnus Robot Fighter #1 (digital)
Marvel Knights Spider-Man #5 (of 5) (digital)
Miles Morales: The Ultimate Spider-Man #1 – 8
Molly Danger #4 (digital)
Nova #1 – 8, 10 (digital)
Our Love is Real (digital)
Pretty Deadly #1 – 5 (digital)
Princess Ugg #1 (digital)
Quantum & Woody #1 – 7 (digital)
Rachel Rising #1 - 24 (digital)
Ragnarok #1 – 2
Revival #11 – 19 (digital)
Rocket Raccoon #1 – 6
Rush’s Clockwork Angels #1 – 6
Saga #1 – 12 (digital), 18 – 24
Samurai Jack #4 - 15
Sandman Overature #2
Scarlet #1 – 5 (digital)
Scribblenauts Unmasked: A Crisis of Imagination #1 (digital)
Seekers of the Weird #1
Shutter #1 (digital)
Silver Surfer #1 – 7
Silver Surfer Point One Infinite Comic (digital)
Southern Bastards #1 – 4 (digital)
Spider-Man & the X-Men #1
Spider-Man #18 – 23 (digital)
Spider-Man 2099 #1 – 6
Spider-Verse #1
Star Wars (Ongoing) #12 – 20
Superior Spider-Man #25 – 30, 32
Superman Unchained #6
Superman/Wonder Woman #1 – 6 (digital)
The Sandman: The Dream Hunters #1 – 4 (digital)
The Multiversity: House of Heroes #1
The Multiversity: The Just #1
The Multiversity: Society of Superheroes #1
The Multiversity: Pax Americana #1
The Star Wars #0, 4 – 8
The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys #6
The Ultimates #6
The Uncanny X-Men #138 – 143 (digital)
The Walking Dead #115 – 126 (digital)
Thor #1
Thor: God of Thunder #6 – 18 (digital)
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter #1 (digital)
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #200
Uncanny Avengers #6 – 17 (digital)
Uncanny X-Men (2013 - ) #1 - 11 (digital)
Unity #1 – 4 (digital)
Valiant 8-Bit Adventure: Unity! (digital)
Vertigo Quarterly: Cyan
Winter Soldier: The Bitter March #1
Wolverine and the X-Men #9 – 29 (digital)
Wonder Woman #1 – 31 (digital)
WWE Superstars #1 (digital)
X-Men (2013 - ) #2, 9
X-O Manowar #1 – 18 (digital)
Collected HC/TPB/Digital (44 total books read)
Abe Sapien Vol. 4: The Shape of Things to Come
Abe Sapien: Dark Terrible and the New Race of Man TPB
Afterlife with Archie vol. 1
Andre the Giant: Life and Legend
Batman Incorporated vol. 1: Demon Star TPB
Batman & Robin Vol. 3: Death of the Family
Boxers & Saints
Breath of Bones: A Tale of the Golem HC
B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth vol. 5: The Pickens County Horror & Other Stories
B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth vol. 6: The Return of the Master TPB
B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth vol. 7: A Cold Day in Hell TPB
B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth vol. 8: Lake of Fire TPB
B.P.R.D. Vampire TPB
Daredevil: End of Days (digital)
Dead Boy Detectives Vol. 1
Doctor Strange: The Oath (digital)
Fables Deluxe HC vol. 6 HC
Ghostbusters: Ongoing - Vol. 3: Haunted America (digital)
The Guns of Shadow Valley HC
Hellboy in Hell, vol. 1: The Descent TPB
Jim Henson's The Musical Monsters of Turkey Hollow HC
Joe Hill's The Cape Collection (digital)
Joe Hill's The Cape: 1969 Collection (digital)
Local OGN (digital)
Lost at Sea OGN (digital)
March OGN (digital)
Midnight Nation TPB
Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard vol. 2 HC
Mouse Guard Vol. 3: The Black Axe HC
My Little Pony: Pony Tales TPB - Chapters 1 & 3 (digital)
Nephilites: Awakenings (Vol. 1) TPB
Nnewts
Okko, Vol. 1: The Cycle of Water Collected Edition (digital)
Okko, Vol. 2: The Cycle of Earth Collected Edition (digital)
Richard Stark's Parker Vol. 4: Slayground (digital)
Skyward Vol. 1: Into the Woods (digital)
Skyward Vol. 2: Strange Creatures (digital)
The Superior Foes of Spider-Man vol. 1 TPB
Star Wars: Jedi Academy
Swamp Thing vol. 3: Rotworld/The Green Kingdom TPB
Think Tank Vol. 1 (digital)
X-Men: Battle of the Atom HC
X-Men: Season One OGN (digital)
Werewolves of Montpellier TPB (digital)
https://comicspectrumblog.wordpress.com/2015/01/02/guest-blog-als-year-in-graphic-novels/
I ended up reading 227 graphic novels throughout the year. Pretty good numbers all told. :)
I'm down to do this again if anyone else is.